Remote Staff Data Engineer

Summary

Join Patreon, a leading platform for creators, as a Data Engineer! Work on a collaborative team building core data sets and metrics to power analytics, reports, and experimentation. You will design and implement real-time and batch data pipelines using various tools and technologies. This role requires expertise in SQL, Spark, and Python or Scala, along with significant experience in data modeling and pipeline development. The position offers a hybrid or fully remote work model within the United States and a competitive benefits package. Contribute to a data-centric culture and tackle challenging problems to ensure high-quality deliverables. Patreon is committed to supporting creators and offers a supportive and collaborative work environment.

Requirements

• Expert in SQL, Spark and Python or Scala
• Significant experience modeling data and developing core data sets and metrics to support analytics, reports and experimentation. Solid understanding of how to use data to inform the product roadmap
• Enjoy collaborating with Data Scientists, Product Managers, Product Engineers, Financial and Operational teams. Comfortable playing the role of a Project Manager in order to drive results
• Have previously built real-time and batch data pipelines using tooling such as Airflow, Spark, Kafka, S3, Fivetran, Census, etc. Experience working with event tracking frameworks, data observability frameworks and experimentation frameworks
• Solve our most challenging data pipeline problems, utilizing optimal ETL patterns, frameworks, query techniques, sourcing from structured and unstructured data sources
• Experience working with Data Platform Infra, including Data Warehouses and Data Lakes such as Databricks, Redshift, Big Query, Snowflake, Delta Lake, etc
• Highly motivated self-starter that is keen to make an impact and is unafraid of tackling large, complicated problems and putting in the work to ensure high craft deliverables

Responsibilities

• Work on a tight-knit team of highly motivated and experienced data engineers with frequent collaboration with data scientists, product managers, product engineers, finance and operational teams
• Build core data sets and metrics to power analytics, reports and experimentation
• Write real-time and batch data pipelines to support a wide range of projects and features including our creator-facing analytics product, executive reporting, FP&A, marketing initiatives, model training, data science analytics, A/B testing, etc
• Advocate for best patterns and practices in areas of data pipeline design, performance and testing of datasets
• Be a driver of a data-centric culture at Patreon. Work autonomously on large green field initiatives and help define data best practices at the company

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package including and not limited to salary, equity plans, healthcare
• Unlimited paid time off
• Company holidays and recharge days
• Commuter benefits
• Lifestyle stipends
• Learning and development stipends
• Patronage
• Parental leave
• 401k plan with matching
• This role is available to those wishing to work in our San Francisco and New York offices on a hybrid work model or those wishing to be fully remote in the United States